1984 film directed by Martin Brest
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Martin Brest, with a screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr., and story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr. It stars Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, Jonathan Banks, and Paul Reiser appear in supporting roles.
The film was released theatrically in the United States on December 5, 1984, by Paramount Pictures. An immediate blockbuster, it received positive reviews and grossed $316.4 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film released of 1984 in the US. The film shot Murphy to international stardom, won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture, and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1985. Beverly Hills Cop spawned a franchise that includes three sequels, beginning with Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).
In December 2024, around the time of the film's 40th anniversary and three months after cast member John Ashton's death, the film was selected for preservation in the United States' National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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